First Jiggy | [Accidental Voice/Action] | Crappy Intro!

[talontrot]

[It's not every day that you wake up after a particularly good game of kick-the-disembodied-witch-skull-around to discover you are very much not at Spiral Mountain. Or... anywhere you even vaguely recognize. Even if you are a first-class adventuring hero.

Naturally, Kazooie was inclined to blame this on Banjo, because there was no way she'd be stupid enough to get totally lost in her sleep. But Banjo was nowhere to be seen, not even after a good look around with the Amaze-O-Gaze goggles. This was unusual, to say the least - unusual and unsettling. Even if Banjo wasn't exactly the sharpest crayon in the box, it was silly for him to just go off on his own. After all, who was gonna protect him? She was clearly the faster and stronger adventurer - he needed her! What did he think he was doing, going off without her?

But first, to inspect the area, like any real hero. Can't go looking for Banjo without discovering some obvious pathways! ... Which are suspiciously absent from this strange forest she's in. Huh.]

Hey... there's nothing here except a book! No nests of Eggs, Feathers, Notes or anything... What kind of place is this, exactly?! It's weirder than Cloud Cuckooland - at least that had music! [Kazooie scoffs loudly, scratching a claw irritably against the foreign dirt.] And boring... what a dumb place to go to have an adventure! Pah, like the bear would pick anywhere good...

[... Wait, didn't old Winky say something about getting Banjo and Kazooie back in Banjo-Threeie? So this was probably it, huh? (Man, that witch could put herself back together fast.) But Kazooie could live with that - maybe she got to be the main character this time! Or maybe it was like the time she got kidnapped for awhile - only it was Banjo's turn to get kidnapped by the hag, and meanwhile Kazooie could be a hero and kick her butt and rescue the furry lug! Either option was one Kazooie was satisfied with for the time being, even if this was a pretty lame sequel so far. And that meant the book was probably important.

Wait - it's got her name on it. It has to be important. So Kazooie picks it up in her beak carelessly and stuffs it under a wing - if it worked for Canary Mary, it'll work for her for a bit, right?

Then she points herself down the nearest tangle of trees and starts trotting through the forest - so much like Pine Grove on the Isle O' Hags, except... it just goes on forever.]

Man, where's a silo when you need one?

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[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[What the heck is that?

It's a bird. With two sets of wings. Carrying a book.

Oh, must be a New Feather.]

Hey, the village is that way.

[talontrot]

[Perfectly normal for Luceti, right?

Kazooie doesn't even question that she's being told something useful, at first. This happens all the time for her.

... But then she realizes who's talking, and narrows one comically-oversized green eye at him.]

... The last time I saw a turtle with some dumb colour like that, I was back in Bubblegloop Swamp. You sure you're not the one lost?

[Because insulting people you meet that are trying to help you is clearly the smartest idea. It's never failed Kazooie before!]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[Well okay then.]

Whatever. I was going to tell you about the guide, but I guess you don't need stuff like that, since you obviously know so much.

[talontrot]

[Sorry Mike. You're actually getting a comparitively nicer reaction than some people.]

Hey, we can't all be great adventuring heroes. [She gives Mike a look like she's humouring him.] So... a guide, huh? What's this place need a guide for? Usually I just kick some witch butt and that solves everything.

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

Not here it doesn't.

[Mike... will probably be walking away at this point. You're a weird-looking bird, you've got attitude and if it comes to that you can just fly to the village. Rydia or someone will probably take pity on you there. He's done his good deed for the day and he's sort of in the middle of training. See ya.]

[talontrot]

[But she needs Red Feathers and a Flight Pad to do that.]

Whaddya mean it doesn't? Isn't there somebody's butt to kick?

[... Is this guy actually walking away from her? Seriously? Who walks away from Kazooie? She's too important to just walk away from!]

... What's the big idea?!

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

You're so smart, you figure it out. Maybe you're the one with some amazing superpower that'll break us all out of here, but I doubt it.

[He bounds up a tree in a few jumps and disappears (though he hasn't gone far. You're too interesting not to watch).]

[talontrot]

[Man, how come he can do that without a Shock Spring Pad? Maybe he can Leg Spring like Kazooie can. This place is weird - it wouldn't be too surprising.]

Everybody's stuck here? Sounds like something ol' Winky's behind. She's usually the cause of junk like this.

[She'd chase the strange turtle-guy, but he's gone up a tree at this point, and Kazooie figures that anybody too lazy to drop a Jiggy by now probably hasn't got one.

So she continues down the path. (And Mike is completely encouraged to follow her.)]

[the-mikester.livejournal.com]

[You're probably going to be one of those people who just can't accept that things are different than they are back home, and Mike finds that far too entertaining not to follow. Let's see if you follow his directions.]